Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)



Instructions

In order to change the above keyboard language, please select code from the drop down list. For URDU and Arabic languages, you may select 0 6

In order to see as many glyphs/language characters as possible, please make sure:

  • You are using the latest version of your browser (IE or Firefox recommended)
  • You have Unicode font installed. Punycode is based on Unicode 3.2 but there are no known fonts which will support the all glyphs defined here. We recommend using Arial Unicode MS font (the most complete unicode font as per our knowledge)

Some of other supported fonts are listed below (if you know any supported font, not listed here, please let us know)


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What is IDN [wikipedia]?

Browser support for navigating to URLs written in users' native languages is critical for making the Internet truly international. Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) composed of Unicode characters from all of the world's languages and relies upon a standardized mechanism known as "Punycode" for encoding Unicode domain names using only the ASCII characters that are permitted by the global DNS system. In short, you can have a domain name in your own language and type in browser to access your website.

Example: In Urdu language, if you register domain name WWW.LAHORE.COM, you would be typing web URL in Urdu Language (www.لاهور.com) as shown in the below picture:

www.لاهور.com Web Address

Which Browsers and Email Clients have support for IDN?

 
.com and .net registrar  .info registrar  .org registrar  .biz registrar  .name registrar  .asia registrar  .mobi registrar 

Note:Customers in Pakistan can make payment in Pak. Rs. at nearest Standard Chartered Bank, UBL Bank branch or at our Lahore offices.